Fishing tips

freeride76 wrote:

I bet- thats a fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
For the table or released?

I actually knocked the sides off it, I fish to eat. That's the biggest I've managed so far fishing the passage and the canals however would you believe that's a small one between the small group of us that fish for them specifically! My neighbour has caught 12 over a metre this year! I gave the rod to my 5 y/o son for the entire fight, he lost his mind when it jumped, I just landed it, entire fight was filmed by a very prominent fisho on the sunny coast and makes very funny viewing but we agreed not to show it as too many landmarks would give my position away.

You'll probably see me up there next time I'm on Bribie- I knew they were becoming more common.
Awesome catch.

Peter Reynolds wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

I bet- thats a fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
For the table or released?

I actually knocked the sides off it, I fish to eat. That's the biggest I've managed so far fishing the passage and the canals however would you believe that's a small one between the small group of us that fish for them specifically! My neighbour has caught 12 over a metre this year! I gave the rod to my 5 y/o son for the entire fight, he lost his mind when it jumped, I just landed it, entire fight was filmed by a very prominent fisho on the sunny coast and makes very funny viewing but we agreed not to show it as too many landmarks would give my position away.

How do you specifically target them Peter? Technique? Equipment? Any tips.

seeds wrote:

Peter Reynolds wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

I bet- thats a fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
For the table or released?

I actually knocked the sides off it, I fish to eat. That's the biggest I've managed so far fishing the passage and the canals however would you believe that's a small one between the small group of us that fish for them specifically! My neighbour has caught 12 over a metre this year! I gave the rod to my 5 y/o son for the entire fight, he lost his mind when it jumped, I just landed it, entire fight was filmed by a very prominent fisho on the sunny coast and makes very funny viewing but we agreed not to show it as too many landmarks would give my position away.

How do you specifically target them Peter? Technique? Equipment? Any tips.

Sorry seeds no other tips, you gotta put the time in up north in order to target them down here and learn how to tie a very specific knot, oh and learn how to throw a castnet.

freeride76 wrote:

You'll probably see me up there next time I'm on Bribie- I knew they were becoming more common.
Awesome catch.

Cheers mate, I remember you saying you've got family around Cardwell, everything you do up there works for down here, if you can get one on lure I'll buy you a beer

I've been seeing and hearing of good catches in the Gold Coast Canals also. Some people are putting in the time and effort for the results.

Peter Reynolds wrote:

oh and learn how to throw a castnet.

Ha ha that's about as hard to learn as casting with an overhead reel. Both can end up in absolute frustration and disaster.

I'd love to get one on a lure Peter- be very, very hard to tempt one no doubt.

I have my ideas though- mostly fishing slackwater at night on new moon tides.

Peter Reynolds wrote:

seeds wrote:

Peter Reynolds wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

I bet- thats a fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
For the table or released?

I actually knocked the sides off it, I fish to eat. That's the biggest I've managed so far fishing the passage and the canals however would you believe that's a small one between the small group of us that fish for them specifically! My neighbour has caught 12 over a metre this year! I gave the rod to my 5 y/o son for the entire fight, he lost his mind when it jumped, I just landed it, entire fight was filmed by a very prominent fisho on the sunny coast and makes very funny viewing but we agreed not to show it as too many landmarks would give my position away.

How do you specifically target them Peter? Technique? Equipment? Any tips.

Sorry seeds no other tips, you gotta put the time in up north in order to target them down here and learn how to tie a very specific knot, oh and learn how to throw a castnet.

You use a paternoster rig then?

seeds wrote:

You use a paternoster rig then?

close.. Pete uses the 'jackarse patroniser rig'. double privilege jackhook with a light running shot.. bogong larvae bait. cool fish, congrats : )

How you SA tinny fishos faring?? Gonna be a long haul..

I wouldn’t eat anything caught down there at the moment. Beef sales are up.

My daughter just had her 2nd pack of Jack Link's Teriyaki Jerky..
NZ beef and fartiness is certainly predicted to be on the rise.
(made her have a psyllium smash before the second pack!)

Embrace the human body’s processes
How good is jerky?

it's in the excellent range.. 8.25?
clearly depends on the jerky.. Jack Link's 8.75 to 9.00 -
Mike's from Robe where you hung out @seeds, a solid 7.00 to 8.00,
depending on the drink you wash it down with.
Territory Jerky a definite 4.5, which I know is generous,
but a compelling journey that tastes like arse sweat,
and has the texture of chewed cardboard deserves a bit of a nod.

Haha territory jerky. You could get a job on the marketing team.

Marriott Meat.
Commerciial St Marleston
11 for their biltong.
Got the Saffa flag on the sandwich board out the front.

IN-TELLLL..!
(cheers, @mattlock).

seeds wrote:

Peter Reynolds wrote:

seeds wrote:

Peter Reynolds wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

I bet- thats a fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
For the table or released?

I actually knocked the sides off it, I fish to eat. That's the biggest I've managed so far fishing the passage and the canals however would you believe that's a small one between the small group of us that fish for them specifically! My neighbour has caught 12 over a metre this year! I gave the rod to my 5 y/o son for the entire fight, he lost his mind when it jumped, I just landed it, entire fight was filmed by a very prominent fisho on the sunny coast and makes very funny viewing but we agreed not to show it as too many landmarks would give my position away.

How do you specifically target them Peter? Technique? Equipment? Any tips.

Sorry seeds no other tips, you gotta put the time in up north in order to target them down here and learn how to tie a very specific knot, oh and learn how to throw a castnet.

You use a paternoster rig then?

haha. gold,

basesix wrote:

seeds wrote:

You use a paternoster rig then?

close.. Pete uses the 'jackarse patroniser rig'. double privilege jackhook with a light running shot.. bogong larvae bait. cool fish, congrats : )

BAHAHAHA I'm privileged for catching a fish! Tell me your single and childless without telling me your single and childless hahahaha
Sorry for existing greta basesix thunberg, you have a great night now brother, in-laws coming round tonight for my famous beer-battered barra fillets! My lad will recount how he fought this huge prize-fish to his nanna and pop and we'll switch on the box and watch the footage of said fish. You enjoy your night of raging online and projecting your insecurities bruh, oo-roo!

sounds a lovely night, Pete.
like I said, cool fish, congrats : )

Just curious- no need to answer- what knot you are referring to Pete.

Still plenty of long tail tuna hanging around here- end of July!

seeds wrote:

I wouldn’t eat anything caught down there at the moment. Beef sales are up.

when in Adelaide, my local fish shop is Brighton Fresh Seafoods next to the Foodland.. unbelievable little shop for the suburbs, local pelagic, line caught cuts, shellfish, fresh as, really good range.. was heartbroken to hear from one of the owners last week, people are lobbing up to their shop, asking if they have any imported fish.. has turned a little family business with best practice on its head this thing. They are still selling 'local' (from deep water, Portland, SA's SE or Eyre Peninsula), but people think it's all poisoned.

That’s not right, bloody hell.
I meant caught land based or inshore not commercially
Surely fishing fleets are still getting good fish

Lucky I've got a freezer full of fillets because there hasn't been too many decent days to wet a line or take a tinny or yak out in the gulf of late. My brother-in-law knows all the best spots and normally bags out but for the first time in his life is coming back with nothing, not even a nibble, reckons it's a desert out there.
Says he's not eating anything with more than one head or glows in the dark.

seeds wrote:

That’s not right, bloody hell.
I meant caught land based or inshore not commercially
Surely fishing fleets are still getting good fish

This thing'll be around till next year, nothings flushing it, it's got a hold.. and it'll sit up the tip of the gulf forever ready to bust out when the conditions are right. Little local operators are smashed. Even big local operators, cray, ab and oysters too.. this is a hella thing. As everyone, like @old-dog's bro-in-law, is acknowledging, it is a catastrophic extinction event.

Yeah didn’t think of the of the crayfish and oysters etc. My bad.

I definitely feel for the recreational and commercial sectors down there.
I imagine farmed salmon sales are up in the supermarket. :(

Yeh, what makes it extra horrible for SA gulf/Fl.peninsula/KI/Yorkes dwellers, is they have happily traded whiz-bang lifestyle, for clean and easy lifestyle for decades.. 'surf, fishing, weather may be better up north, but mate we have pristine and untouched that northerners could only dream of'.. that's a hella thing for SA to contemplate possibly becoming complicateder into the future..